Discussion:
ATP by substrate level phosphorylation
Aliens land. You find that in almost all ways, their metabolism is identical to that of humans. One important difference is that they do not use NAD/NADH. At every step in the oxidation of biological molecules where humans use NAD/NADH aliens use FAD/FADH-2. At steps where humans use FAD/FADH-2 the aliens do as well.
a. Who makes more ATP/mole of glucose, aliens or humans?Explain.
b. Who makes more ATP by substrate level phosphorylation?